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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hidehiko Banshoya, Toyota, JP;
Kiyonori Takagi, Okazaki, JP;
Atsushi Kawamoto, Toyota, JP;
Haruhisa Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiki Kanada, Anjo, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A transmission unit is able to switch between a non-neutral state where power of an engine is transmitted via a path Kand a neutral state where power of the engine is not transmitted via the path K. A clutch is able to switch between an engaged state where power is transmitted from the engine to a first MG and a released state where transmission of power from the engine to the first MG is interrupted. When the transmission unit is controlled to the non-neutral state and, at the same time, the clutch is set to the released state, a vehicle is operable in series-parallel mode. When power is transmitted via the path Kby directly coupling the engine to the first MG by the clutch and the path Kis interrupted by controlling the transmission unit to the neutral state, the vehicle is operable in series mode.